The Joomla Development team are amazing when it comes to responding to security issue regarding Joomla. To fully benefit you need to ensure you are as well. Always keep your Joomla site up to date, and be sure to subscribe to the Joomla Security News Feed: http://feeds.joomla.org/JoomlaSecurityNews You can even subscribe via email.

Now, on to the next VERY important subject, hosting, please read on here: Joomla Hosting

There are plenty of other Joomla security tips available, but it really comes down to two main things:

Joomla Hosting

Joomla and Joomla Extensions Security

Joomla Hosting is discussed in another article, so be sure to read that as well. It's here: Joomla Hosting

We've explained the subject of Joomla Security above and the need to always keep your installation secure in this way. However, DO NOT assume that that is all you need to do. An insecure and out of date component can also open your site up to security vulnerabilities. Don't be afraid though, most good 3rd party developers have excellent security records and just like the Joomla Development team, have ways of notifying you of updates and secuirty patches. Be aware of this, and your 99% of the way there.

This is one of my most passionate subjects when it comes to Joomla Security. Why?

Well, working for the company that provides the official Joomla Hosting to the Joomla project we've learn't a few things over the years about Joomla Hosting and Security. We've also watched hosts come and go as they fail to provide a secure hosting environment or service to their users. We regularly keep up to date with issues that users are facing by our participation in the Security section of the Joomla Community Forum.

Too many times people's website security suffers due to failure on their hosts behalf. So without boring you with all the negative points of far too many hosts out there, here is what we recommend:

Why? XYZulu provide the best hosting environment for your Joomla website. Through our experience managing the hosting the Official Joomla Websites we gained much experience. XYZulu servers are setup in such a way that permission problems, that often result in Joomla Extension installation headaches are a thing of the past. All server security and updated are taken care of by our qualified experienced staff. XYZulu are also well placed and experienced to take you hosting from an entry level plan, and the way up to a Managed Cloud Server

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23 February 2019

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